"Toshi!" shouted a voice, Toshinori just groaned a little from the sound. His head was hurting him, it felt like his mind was trying to thread itself back together, but he knew that something else was wrong here. There was something missing, what was he missing here? "Toshi come on wake up! Vampires are starting to disappear now, they got her Toshi!" shouted the voice. It made him groan a little more in pain.
Got her? Got who?
"Wake the fuck up man!" shouted the voice, it only seemed to make his head hurt all the more. Suddenly, he felt something else, a stinging pain in his cheek. Eyes snapping open, light shining in his still crimson eyes causing him to wince at the light. "Finally, you opened your eyes, I was scared you wouldn't wake up in time."
Groaning, Toshinori lifted his head and blinked as he saw the concerned black eyes of Shouta, along with the concerned green eyes of Hizashi. When did they get here? He was sure that he had tried to get himself and Inko- "Inko?!" Toshinori looked around, the red cooling from his eyes as they returned to their natural blue colour as he started to look around in the hopes of finding Inko.
"They got her Toshi, we only saw you here." Hizashi said with a frown.
"No! Damn it!" Toshinori shouted before he grabbed at his head and moaned in pain. God, his head hurt like hell, he just felt like everything hurt. His mind, his body, his heart, everything. "I… I can't believe that it's happening all over again. I'm gonna lose not just Inko but our child!" Toshinori shouted before slamming his fist against the ground, causing the cement to crack under his fist. He wasn't going to just stand here and do nothing.
Breathing deeply, the young man pushed himself up, stumbling as he did so. His body screamed at him to stay down but he wasn't going to just lay down and do nothing. Breathing deeply, the vampire looked up as he looked at Hizashi and Shouta with pain written all over his face. "Toshi, you need to calm down. We'll find her. Naomasa is looking for any trace of her location."
"No, I know where she is." Toshinori breathed deeply through clenched teeth.
"How can you know where she is?" asked Shouta with a frown.
"Nana, I don't know how but she must have had her quirk tell me." It had always puzzled him what her original quirk was as she never used it. But, it seemed that her quirk involved transferring her own memories to him. Though the only thing that she could share with him in such a short time was their location. A place that he knew where it was. On an old island, one that had been forgotten to time itself. The only place that a vampire could tolerate because of lack of scent of humans that would drive them into insanity from hunger.
Well, at least unless they hadn't learned to have self-control over their lust.
"Where is it?" asked Shouta with a frown.
"You know that old island? The one just off of the coast?"
"Yeah?"
"There is a castle there. It's shrouded in darkness so the vampires will be safe." Toshinori said with a frown, only to shudder a little as if he had a chill running through him.
"What's wrong?" asked Hizashi.
"I… I felt scared and a weird pain at my…" His eyes widened as he knew what was wrong. "Inko's been bitten."
"Then we have to hurry, if one had a taste then the others will as well." Shouta whispered. Toshinori nodded his head at that. They knew that they had to hurry before they lost track of any time that they had left in order to save her. "You run on ahead, we'll meet you at the coast and head to the island. Hizashi and I arrived on his bike."
Toshinori nodded his head before he started to make a mad dash to get to the docks. He knew that time was of the essence, he knew that he had to hurry and save them. To save his family before time ran out for her. If they had their way with her, and kept drinking her blood at the rate he was feeling then there was a chance that it would kill her. Gritting his fangs, the vampire couldn't allow himself to get distracted by his memories.
No matter how fond his memories were back then, he knew that for this fight he would have to give into the part of him that he secretly feared all these years. The part of him that he never dared to give into fearing that he would never be able to come back from.
Yet, if it saved her then so be it.
Snarling, Toshinori knew that he had to keep his wits about him though until then. He knew that he shouldn't just give in so easily, knowing that if he did too soon he would drain what energy he had. And risk going bloodthirsty himself.
Shaking his head, Toshinori knew that he would have to make a few stops on his way, may as well feed up through the forest as there would be lots of animals there as he almost never fed from them anymore. At least, mostly because they never kept him satisfied in his hunger, but for the most part kept him strong. Still powerful yes, but not as powerful as he could be.
He knew, that for this fight that he would need all of the strength that he would need. After all, he was fighting a man that was most likely more powerful than he had ever been in the last five hundred years. This was going to be the end of it, the end of this curse and the end of everything that had begun go long ago. He had to make sure, that the brother's curse over the Midoriya line was done at long last.
"What took you so long?" asked Shouta as he crossed his arms across his chest as he glared at the blonde vampire. Toshinori just rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. He knew that he had to feed but since most animals didn't have that much blood in them in the first place so, it had taken longer. Toshinori let out a soft sigh before looking around, as if trying to find a boat that they could steal- uh, borrow.
"Shouta, I think Toshinori is thinking of stealing a boat."
"Borrow." Toshinori corrected with a glare.
"Regardless, I have a boat that we can use. While we waited for you, I went and rented a boat that we could use to get to the island. So, let's hurry up shall we?" Toshinori nodded before rushing with the others to the boat.
The boat ride, for the most part was quiet. Toshinori though of course wished that it would hurry up and allow them to arrive much sooner. He just hoped that they would find the island, and hope and pray that they would arrive on time. It still frightened him, he could feel some pain in his body, but he knew that it wasn't his own. Inko was in danger, she was getting hurt that much was for sure.
Closing his eyes, he let out a soft sigh as he tried to get himself to relax. Tried to get himself to block out the pain that Inko felt from their bond, and to try to send her some of his own strength. He knew that he couldn't send much, fearing that if he did so that it could hurt her. After all, she was a human woman, giving her all of his strength… he feared that it would be like with One for All, that it would rip her to shreds.
He felt her starting to relax, yet he could still tell that she was scared. That she could still feel the sting of the bites. Had they not healed her? Were they going so far as to not heal them so she would give into despair that there was no hope for her?
"Toshi?" came Hizashi's voice, causing the man in question to turn. "You gonna be okay? Is Inko okay?" He asked with concern in his eyes. Even though Hizashi wore those glasses, the emotion could never be hidden.
"She's fine mostly, but they have already started biting her. I fear for her and the baby at this rate. What if they just keep biting her until she no longer has enough blood to survive?" Toshinori whispered fearfully.
"She's strong, she's had you in her life to keep her strong, but just remember. You'll be fine, as she will be." Hizashi said with a soft smile on his face.
Toshinori could only nod before giving the man a soft smile. "Thanks." He sighed softly before looking ahead and blinked in shock. "We're here." He whispered in shock. He remembered this place, it was from Yuudai's memories, though back then it wasn't surrounded by water, but there was even a bridge that allowed the two lands to connect. Yet, he knew that this place was the start of the curse, and it shall be the fall of it.
"Let's do this shall we?" Toshinori whispered before jumping off of the boat with everyone else. "I hope you both have something silver on you to fight them off. I don't want to jump in to save you right away." He chuckled a little.
"Got some silver bullets. I don't know how many people we'll have to kill but I hope that this will be enough." Shouta whispered. It was a little cliché but it was the only option they had besides Toshinori's sword and there was only one of them. "Even have a couple of daggers made should they get too close." Toshinori blinked a little at that and was rather surprised that they had so many plans made for this. Though, it made him wonder how they could get that much cash on them to defeat a vampire.
Shaking his head, the young man looked over as he said "Let's get going before it's too late."
Toshinori found it odd. Ever since they arrived on the island, he had not sensed or even seen another vampire at all. It was as if everyone had just up and disappeared from the face of the earth. Unless they weren't even out here, but in the castle. Narrowing his eyes, the vampire knew that he had to hurry up. There had to be something else going on here, but knew that this had to be a ruse. Why else would he feel the panic and fear coming from Inko even while he was trying to give her his strength?
"Shouta, do you see anyone at all?" asked Toshinori.
"Nothing, but that may be a good thing. They don't know we're here, so we have the element of surprise at the very least." Shouta whispered.
"Yeah, but what if this is also a ploy to make us think that and have us drop our guard?" asked Hizashi.
"Too bad for them I won't drop my guard." Snarled Toshinori.
Both humans just blinked at Toshinori and knew that he was starting to go into protective mode. There was no telling how long this state would last and Toshinori would be lost to his own desires to protect what was in a sense, his and his alone.
Sometimes, a vampire could be scary in their own right. Even one that was as gentle as Toshinori, and they felt that was the most dangerous kind of vampire there was. After all, sometimes even a gentle person, could snap if given the right reason and so far, it seemed that the longer he knew Inko was in danger, the angrier he became.
Inko groaned weakly as she laid on a bed, her arms wrapped around her belly protectively as she tried to keep herself away. She knew that Toshinori was on his way to save her, she could feel that much from the bond that she had with him. It was something that she hadn't thought to be possible, but knew that this was a feeling that she could find comfort in.
Looking at her arms, she saw the stains of dried blood on her from the bites that the vampires had given her. It seemed that they were gonna give her some time to herself, but really she just wanted a way to get out of here before she… "Ugh…" She moaned softly, her belly tightened, she took a few deep breaths in the hopes to prolong the inevitable.
"Who would have thought that you would be baring the child of a vampire." Came a voice, causing Inko to look up with wide eyes. No, this was someone else, it wasn't the man who had been telling the vampires to bite her. This was a woman.
"Who are you?" asked Inko.
"I am surprised that you do not remember me princess. I was your father's guard for many years until I gave my power to Toshinori." The woman whispered, causing Inko to stare with wide eyes. Wait, this was the woman who gave Toshinori his power, the power that she had seen him use once before. Then of course she remembered the tale he spoke to her when he remembered who he was.
"Nana?" She whispered in shock.
"I'm happy you remember me princess." Inko frowned a little, why did this woman think that she was a princess? Unless… she was turned and held captive that she had no idea how much time had really passed in the first place. "Who is the father?"
"Toshinori…" Inko whispered.
Nana tilted her head a little before saying "Toshinori? But he is very much a human last I checked." She really didn't know the passage of time at all. "Was he turned not long after me?" She asked.
"Nana, how long have you been in here?" asked Inko.
"I don't really know, maybe a couple years… I was on my way home when I was grabbed and dragged here. After that I was trapped, only being brought people to feed on once in a while. Then I hear that the man who turned me brought the princess here and I saw Toshinori in strange clothes." So she really was there when the fight happened. Even though it wasn't the same man that Toshinori had told her about, she knew that Nana was the one that took her but was still careful.
"Nana, I need to tell you something." Inko said with a frown on her face.
"What?"
"Toshi hasn't been a vampire for a couple years."
"So, what five years?"
"More like five hundred."
Nana's eyes widened at that. It was a shock for her that much was for sure though Inko knew that these were words that Inko had to speak, that this was something that she had to say so the woman would understand. "Toshinori was turned when the princess, my ancestor, lost her home in a single night. The man, Yuugure was the one that caused all of it and turned Toshinori into a vampire. I don't know the reason why but I feel like it has something to do with my blood. Why else would he feed from me so many times?" Well, even though only two other vampires fed from her, it was mostly the lord hat did.
Nana frowned a little in confusion before it seemed that it had all dawned on her as well. Though it seemed that it was still a bitter pill to swallow at the very least. Before Inko could say more, she winced more in pain as she tried to get herself to relax. God, what was wrong with her? There was no way that she could be having contractions was she? "Are you alright?" asked Nana.
"I'm fine… but, I think I'm having the baby."
"Oh dear." Nana said with a frown on her face before making her way over to Inko, only to wince in pain as she held onto her head. "Damn, I can't get close to you. He's making sure that I can't."
Inko waved off Nana's concern as she said "I'll be fine… I… I can last a little while longer."
"Not in the state you're in. If left alone too long you…" Nana seemed scared to finish her sentence. Inko knew that the woman may not have to worry about death herself but Inko on the other hand, she could still face it to a degree. Inko winced a little from the pain as it seemed to wash over her. She took a deep breath in the hopes to make the pain pass along.
Soon, the door opened and she looked up and saw the man who had drank from her so many times that it was amazing that she was still awake right now. "Ah, Inko it is a pleasure to see that you are still awake. Though, I had hoped that maybe you would have had that brat by now. I wish to remove it myself but that would only kill you faster. I'll need you to have it naturally so I can see if it has the same properties of blood as you do." He licked his lips in anticipation.
Inko stared with wide eyes as she tried to think on what she could say, on what she could do in such a state. Breathing quickly, her heart started to hammer against her ribs as she started to panic. "Oh, it seems you are scared for this baby." He laughed a little before suddenly the wall broke apart and a snarl ripped its way through the silence.
Inko looked over and couldn't help but blink in shock as she saw Toshinori stomping through the wall. His eyes a deep crimson that even the whites of his eyes were overtaken. "Inko!" shouted Shouta and Hizashi as they rushed to her side. "Calm down Inko, just breathe alright?" whispered Shouta, causing the green haired woman to look up in confusion. Inko looked over at him and breathed deeply, her pain was starting to become overwhelming but she knew that she could feel some kind of assurance knowing that they had come for her after all.
